we are joined by the one and only joe williams who covers the white house for politico. ang out down there at the briefing room trying to get some answers out of jay carney. joe, nice to see you. >> good to be here. >> it's been kind of a rocky week for the white house. the president wants to talk about the economy and you have got the secret service scandal an the gsa thing. does any of that -- you can't blame the president for those things, but does that kind of stuff get in his way? >> it's bureaucrats behavioring badly. the big part about that that distracts the white house feeds into this narrative that washington is out of control that washington doesn't know how to restrict spending, that these bycrats are running around spending taxpayer money doing all kind of stuff that people don't approve of. so while it's not directly connected to the president, certainly with the columbia trip, you have got him talking about, you've got jay carney talking about, you've got the nation talking about these guys who fooled around and, a knucklehead kind of thing for them to do a

julian epstein, joe williams and michelle cottle.old to a radio man just before the interview with fox news host laura ingram. you may be able to find the link on the drudge report. this conspiracy is obviously vast and left wing. >> absolutely. i think we all know how well it went over when hillary clinton mentioned the vast right wing conspiracy. he was chuckle be when he said that. i hope he gets it is silly. he was talking about if i remember the media and this is just the favorite refuj of people not doing well in the polls or think they should be doing better and it is always the immediate out to get them. >> mitt romney was asked about the fair and balanced network today by a conservative host, of course, and here is what he had to say. listen to this. >> i realize of course that fox has a lot of independent voters, a lot of democrats that watch. our message, in a network that is fair and balanced, our message gets a good fair play but there are some networks that do not give us a fair play. >> it is pretty rich from a man who

labor secretary, author of the new ebook, "beyond outrage" and joe williams white house reporter withico great to have you on the show tonight. thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. thank you. >> they said it. we'll show while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this. [ electricity crackling ] [ gasping ] so get allstate. you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. [ dennis ] dollar for dollar, nobody protects you from mayhem like allstate. arizona >> republicans are trying to convince us the war on women is fictional. >> ron paul or rick santorum? con, he is mitt romney. >> i have a missouri foxtrotter like a quarterhorse, just a much better gait. >> if you want the most bang for your buck, you have to shuffle off. >> why the hell is newt gingrich still in the races. >> he ran not just a shoe-string campaign. i think he ran sort of a half-shoe string campaign. >> s

. >> let's get right to the expert political panel, joe williams, white house reporter for politico andl and i have to start with you. get into the deep bench. according to las vegas odds makers florida senator marco rubio is in the lead 11-4 on odds and he followed by new jersey governor chris christie and bob mcdonald and paul ryan, and of course paul ryan has been attached at the hip with mitt romney this week but when he uses romney's introduction speech last night to prove that he doesn't know it was actually george w. bush and not president obama who famously claimed to be a uniter, not a divider, does that somewhat under mine his potential as a vp pick? >> yes. i think the fact that he is 0-2 and trying to promote a budget and this latest one i think is going to be a disastrous as last year's was, and this whole bit about sarah palin now jumping into the mix, i mean, listening to sarah palin dispense v.p. advice is like going to michael jackson's doctor for medical advice. i agree that rubio is probably the front-runner. i think the choice of rubio is a better way to cross racial

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continue to pose a growing threat for months to come, according to suffolk county fire commissioner joe williamsf the conditions are right with the low humidity, very dry and the windy conditions you can have a major fire. >> reporter: williams blames the warm, dry winter that has continued into spring. it was the hottest march on record. 8.6 degrees above average. more than 15,000 warm temperature records were broken. >> as we're walking through this, a cigarette butt would set this off. >> absolutely. this tall grass and dry grass would definitely set that off. >> reporter: those severe drought conditions that extend all the way down to florida are creating dire challenges for firefighters like scott peterich of the florida forest service. >> it went from one acre to 40 acres in a matter of about 20 minutes. it can move very fast. >> reporter: the blessing many found in a snowless winter, 20- inches below average in new york city, is quickly becoming the firefighters' curse. >> pelley: jim axelrod joins us. jim, you were telling us in the news room earlier that these warmer temperatures porten

karen finney, susan del percio and joe williams. joe, i start with you. as we look at the big picture right now, including wisconsin, president obama is opening up a really big lead on mitt romney in the latest "usa today" swing state poll. are there deeper problems for the romney campaign to overcome? >> i would say the answer to that question is yes. certainly the long campaign season which they had designed to try to generate excitement among the republicans, a la the great race between hillary clinton and barack obama in 2008, that was the design. but it didn't work out that way because the candidates didn't fulfill their end of the bargain. so this long season has had a very, very sharp drop in republican approval, especially among independents and women, sharpened even more by the feig over abortion and more cultural issues which a lot of the party elders felt like they didn't need to have. that's also why you see a lot of the party elders trying to coalesce, coming out endorsing mitt romney saying, okay, guy, time to take off the individual intermu

more on the primaries and the future of newt gingrich's campaign, political white house reporter joe williams gingrich basically putting all of his stake in delaware saying maybe we will stick around and maybe we won't. is that a move point? >> a lot of people waking up asking themselves, gingrich is still in the campaign? basically he has been low profile. out on the stump. he has not generated very many had line beyond the fact people are still wondering why he has not dropped out yet. so he is putting all his eggs in one basket. we heard this before. if he does not win delaware he is pretty much done but he was pretty much done three or four states ago so it is almost a moot point. >> what does it mean for mitt romney knowing he has been sewn up, to appear in these states? is he looking to see how many votes he gets, what percentage? >> he is there because he still needs to win delegates. basically he is about half way to the 1144 he needs for the nomination. literally, every race counts because he still has not sewn things up yet. and it is a pretty good road test of how his general elect

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david milbanks is a political analyst, joe williams writes for politi politico. general james imhoff reluctant to admit that romney looks like the inevitable nominee just yesterday. watch this. >> i've never been much of a fan of mitt romney. he's an honest person and a nice person, but i've just not agreed with him politically on a lot of things. we have to defeat obama. i cannot allow that to happen to my family, so whoever is in the best position to win, it appears probably mitt romney is in the best position to win right now. >> maybe we shouldn't be surprised because we've been hearing that from a number of republicans who have gone out to the polls, some of whom have voted for mitt romney. >> i think if you could hesee t audio of that, his eyelids would be tapping out the name mitt romney. he's saying, i've got to be on their good side, i've got to get out there, and even then they've got it stick a clothespin on his nose and he's saying, i tell you now, i'm doing it reluctantly. >> look how he couched his endorsement to the daily caller. quote, there are a

i'm joined by politico white house reporter joe williams and and joel sawyer.hank you to both of you for joining me tonight. joel, let me begin with you. we're one week into the rebranding, this is your domain, the rebranding of mitt romney. he has had open running in this field for a week now, but i don't see anything different. i don't see any different to shake up the agenda or how we view him. he's got to do something dramatic. why isn't he doing something? >> you know, i don't that he necessarily has to do anything dramatic. if you look at the tone of what he said during the republican prime iprimary, i believe that will appeal to the voters. this is one reason frankly, he had problems to in connecting with connecting with the electorate as well. if you're mitt romney you keep on doing what you're doing. as the race starts to heat up, there are a lot of people who are not paying attention to the presidential race right now. as startling of an idea to people like us. he has got plenty of time. >> it's not startling to me. i was in this political arena for a

in washington, joe williams, who covers the white house for plit co. welcome to all of you. he's going to keep fighting. is this over for him or is he really talking about 2016? >> i think he might as well have come out and said i'm suspending my campaign until 2016. this was very hard. he saw the writing on the wall, i presume, with pennsylvania, and even though i thought may looked very good for rick santorum, i think this was an appropriate time. and, you know, i've been vocal in my support for rick santorum. i like him a lot. but i think there is a collective relief in conservative circles that finally now we can start talking about obama instead of santorum and romney and newt and ron paul. as a pundit, i agree, but i think conservatives are ready for the general election to begin. >> mitt romney says, and i'm quoting, senator santorum is an able and worthy competitor and i congratulate him on the campaign that he ran. he is proving to be an important voice for the party and the nation. that sounds like an endorsement request. will he get it? >> it will be interesting,

joe williams is white house reporter for politico., behind the first lady on colbert as we just saw last night and this firestorm surrounding ann romney, is it right to say the wives are as important as the husbands? >> i don't know if they're more important but politically, they're more delicate. that's the lesson of this. if you look at what hillary rosen said last night and you consider it in its full context. in the rell of politics, it is not that inflammatory. when it is the candidate's wife like mitt romney weighs wife who is generally well like, who has tried to stay out of the political limelight, it makes it very easy for the other side to turn around and say this is a vicious political act. >> joe, take a look at this. the first lady's approval ratings are 15 points better than her husband's at this point, according to a maris poll. do you speck her to do a lot of campaigning? >> consider where we were with michelle obama four years ago where people were sort of skeptical that this african american woman who look like, who

. >> joe williams is white house writer. i've seen some pretty far fetch spin in my time.ave any idea what eric is talking about in. >> well, he's wrong, as a matter of fact. they did not go through the manage bankruptcy process. it was a small part of it. the bridgestone of $80 billion. republicans realized they don't have a strong argument on the auto industry save. they don't have a strong argument on t.a.r.p. or stimulus. what they want to do is muddy the waters to take away the clear choice that romney had articulated back in 2008, as you point out. what obama actually did. what they're trying to do is blur the lines. i don't think anybody will buy it. >> was it a good idea for a man who has been running for president for five years to deem writing op ed pieces that would have damned the motor industry? >> it is the gift that keep on going if you're a democrat. why go there? he cannot really rehabilitate his image on detroit. his 2008 op ed in the "wall street journal" stands the test of time. this is what he has said. he has effectively repeated that claim and even s

and welcome pilots bill reedy -- [applause] -- don williams -- [applause] -- joe allen -- [applause]nes [applause] -- ] -- [applause] tom jones -- [applause] can writer. -- ken ritenour. [applause] steve robinson [applause] casey tornapplause] -- casey thornton. [applause] and last but not least, payload specialist, john glenn. [applaus this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things we have to do to become an astronaut are incredible. but when you are commander, you are the top of the bunch. this is only a handful of the incredible people at nasa. they are risking their lives every day in space and developing new capabilities to get there. you will not see this again either. 2012 is the 100 anniversary of the marine corps aviation. and we will celebrate this the entire year, and you will see to read of it as a evidence by the new zocor -- the drum and bugle corps. you will see more of it right now. he was a distinguished aviator preserved in the record 35 years and it -- in the marine corps 35 years. it is my pleasure to in

. >> joe williams is one of our white house reporters. give us some insight on president obama. do they have any concerns that they look too political? they are weighing in on saying how the justices should rule on the health care bill, running ads in response to an outside republican group that they are clearly targeting with their rhetoric and ideas. women voters are skeptical from the because of the recent debate. are they concerned about that? >> they are not concerned about looking too political. as far as they are concerned, it is game on. this is like catharsis for the president. you saw his speech today where he was very demonstrative about how bad the republican budget is going to be and how much mitt romney and newt gingrich have embraced it. their main perspective is, we have to engage these people and define ourselves before they define us. if it looks political to a large majority of the country, so be it. >> what worries the white house most about this campaign? are they concerned about the polling we saw when we had this show in the south, in mississippi and other

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williams. over time. sharks power play. time wipe wipeding down. joe he missed it. shot it wide.ut gets redemption in the shoot out. beating quick who is normally tremendously in goal not tonight. the only goal of the shoot out. marks whip host la saturday night. the game could decide who captures the pacific division title but sharks in the play off. >> bounty gate amplified with reportings of x saints coach greg williams on suspension but awaiting final penalty from the nfl. talking about targeting 49ers for injuries before play off game back in january. as we told you earlier in the newscast, saints coach targeted players like smith, gore and return man kyle williams. he suffered concussion early in the year and brushed off questions about being a target. >> i'm not going to talk bit what were your feelings about when you heard the audio. >> i'm not going to talk about it. >>reporter: it dent affect you at all. >> no. >> part of the game i'm what's they chose to do. everybody is not like that. every team is different. >> you never want to hear anybody talk about your teammate

williams. over time. sharks power play. time wipe wipeding down. joe he missed it. shot it wide.s redemption in the shoot out. beating quick who is normally tremendously in goal not tonight. the only goal of the shoot out. marks whip host la saturday night. the game could decide who captures the pacific division title but sharks in the play off. >> bounty gate amplified with reportings of x saints coach greg williams on suspension but awaiting final penalty from the nfl. talking about targeting 49ers for injuries before play off game back in january. as we told you earlier in the newscast, saints coach targeted players like smith, gore and return man kyle williams. he suffered concussion early in the year and brushed off questions about being a target. >> i'm not going to talk bit what were your feelings about when you heard the audio. >> i'm not going to talk about it. >>reporter: it dent affect you at all. >> no. >> part of the game i'm what's they chose to do. everybody is not like that. every team is different. >> you never want to hear anybody talk about your teammate like t

williams indefinitely. gm mickey loomis and assistant coach joe vitt were also suspended. >>> the champion in the ncaa tourneyill be crowned tonight. kansas and kentucky go head-to-head. kansas pulled a stunning comeback over ohio state saturday to get there and kentucky held off rival louisily to advance. this is coach john calipari's second championship. his first was four years ago when kansas defeated them. >>> kentucky fans starting fires and rioting after the win, some carried out a sofa and set it on fire. the reports police arrested more than two dozen people and thankfully no one was seriously hurt. police are taking some extra steps tonight to prevent a repeat. >>> it might just be the worst movie ever. adam sandler's "jack & jill" made history becoming the first film to sweep every category at the annual razzy awards, honoring the worst in cinematic achievement. adam sandler was named worst actor and worst actress for playing both jack and jill. did you see it, soledad? >> of course i didn't see it. honestly. i have too little time to see movies, really it has to be like an academy award nominee be

joe aaron it william h. taylor scholar -- the williams h.or scholar at the american enterprise institute and henry aaron, senior fellow at the brookings institution. brookings institution. you each have five minutes to present your oral testimony. your entire written statement will be made a part of the record. senator breaux come you're not recognize for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. breaux for inviting me. ranking member p. stark and i have been involved in this for many, many years. thank you for inviting me. jimmy turman tonight served a great capacity with the national bipartisan commission on medicare reform and many of you who have had the privilege of working with in different capacities thank all of you for inviting me to talk about one of the most important issues. and at the same time, one of the most divisive issues either party is going to have to face them that is what do we do at medicare reform? let me say have the privilege of serving in this body for 14 years in the house and 18 and the senate are other body as

and welcome pilots bill reedy -- [applause] -- don williams -- [applause] -- joe allen -- [applause]e] -- tom jones [applause] -- ] -- [applause] tom jones -- [applause] can writer. -- ken ritenour. [applause] steve robinson [applause] casey torn [applause] and last but not least, payload specialist, john glenn. [applause] this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things we have to do to become an astronaut are incredible. but when you are commander, you are the top of the bunch. this is only a handful of the incredible people at nasa. they are risking their lives every day in space and developing new capabilities to get there. you will not see this again either. 2012 is the 100 anniversary of the marine corps aviation. and we will celebrate this the entire year, and you will see to read of it as a evidence by the new zocor -- the drum and bugle corps. he was a distinguished aviator preserved in the record 35 years and it -- in the marine corps 35 years. it is my pleasure to introduce major general usns he retired, charlie bo

joe snelindell was picked up by his parents home. and fred woods 24 was arrested near the canadian border. william gaggen was richard snelinell's attorney. >> every one of them was ignorant what the consequences would be. each of them gave what possibly could have gone wrong with this whole plan. the danger to the children. they really hasn't thought that through. >> reporter: the men came from well to do families and were planning to demand a ransom. each is serving 27 conquering life sentences. two of them come up for parol. >> i think richard will be paroled sometime in the next 10 years. james, i don't know. but they'll be well in the middle age or old age when it happens. >> ray is now retired, he even bought the famous bus as a somber momento but keeps it hidden in a barn. >> it's just always there in your mind. to this day is if i'm driving at night or if i'm -- i don't like to be by myself at night. it's just always in the back of your mind. is that car going to stop me? >>> that's it for this week's second look. i'm mike mibach. thank you for watching.

kings on a five on three, williams beats niemi, and the game is tied at five. nobody scores in overtime. and here we go. joeelski, the only goal in the shootout. he win quick. and when niemi made the sieve, that's it. shark -- the save, that's it. sharks pick up two points. kings and sharks tied with 94 points at the end of business tonight of the one game remaining saturday night in san jose. sharks right now in seventh. they could finish as high as third or as low as eight. but none the less, san jose, are the sharks struggling all season, but with one game remaining, they are going to the postseason. >>> audio types have been released from the new orleans saints locker room backing up the nfl findings that the team singled out 49er players for bounty hits. >> everything in the world to make sure we kill his head. we need to find out in the first two series of the game -- the wide receiver, no. 10. we need to -- whether or he wants to be a tough guy. ♪ [ inaudible ] ♪ >> all right, this was a tough day for sean payton to have his appeal heard am he was in new york meaning with the commissioner. and greg w

and welcome pilots bill reedy -- [applause] -- don williams -- [applause] -- joe allen -- [applause] -- tom jones [applause] -- ] -- [applause] tom jones -- [applause] can writer. -- ken ritenour. [applause] steve robinson [applause] casey torn [applause] -- casey thornton. [applause] and last but not least, payload specialist, john glenn. [applause] this is one of the greatest gatherings of astronauts probably in the history of nasa. [applause] the things we have to do to become an astronaut are incredible. but when you are commander, you are the top of the bunch. is is only a handful of the incredible people at nasa. they are risking their lives every day in space and developing new capabilities to get there. you will not see this again either. 2012 is the 100 anniversary of the mane corps aviation. and we will celebrate this the entire year, and you will see toead of it as a evidence by the new zocor -- the drum and bugle corps. you will see more of it right now. he was a distinguished aviator preserved in the record 35 years and it -- in the marine corps 35 years. it is my pleasu

joe and jo's and william h. taylor scholar, the william h. taylor scholar at american enterprise institute, and henry aaron, a senior fellow at the brookings institution. you each have five minutes to present your testimony. your anti-written statement will be made a part of the record. senator breaux, you are not recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. herger, for inviting me, ranking member stark, he and i've been involved in this for many, many, many years. thank you all for inviting me, the general who served with me and great capacity one of the national bipartisan commission on medicare reform, and many of you who i've had the privilege of working with in different capacities. thank all of you for inviting me to talk about one of the most important issues, and at the same time one of the most divisive issues that either party is going to have to face, and that is what do we do with medicare reform? let me say that i had the privilege of serving in this body for 14 years in the house, and 18 in the senate, or other bodie

williams with the goal. game tied at 5-5. the game goes to a shoot-out. look at joe pavelski, get busy with it.nd anze kopitar had to keep the shoot-out going. niemi's not having it. san jose is playoff-bound. >> this was a playoff game. playoff atmosphere, emotion. as soon as we played l.a. last year in the playoffs. there was a lot on the line. i like our character tonight how we battled through. in the first, when they came out hard. but for the rest of the game, i thought real sharp. we did a lot of good things. >>> over to baseball. let's play ball. giants will get things rolling when they open their season in arizona tomorrow. you know the diamondbacks are at or near the top of the giants' wish list. arizona is the defending n.l. west champ. tomorrow, they will face the freak. >> it's an honor for me to be out there on opening day. they believe in me i can put them off on the right foot. i believe you can throw any of our stars out there and they would give us a good shot to win. outside of that, just try to focus on treating this as if it was another day. no added pressure. it is opening

joe armstrong. >> i prefer neil armstrong and luis armstrong. why can't i have both? >> i prefer armstrong williams>> and you referred to the cat video in this segment as a tour de fur. >> yes jie. what about paw de force? >> i thought about that, but i figured mine is better. >> not so sure you had the right thought here. >> paw de force? >> that is much better. >> can i vote neither? >> well at least i tried. >> we can only rhyme tour and paw in a rap song. >> or on long island. >> oh sure. >> exactly. >> what was that about? >> let's move on. >> secret service. greg, you noted that at the brothel the agents revealed their identities bragging "rework for obama -- we work for obama. we are here to protect him." we think we should look that word up to make sure. apparently it means kept from knowledge or from view. it is hidden. i don't think they are doing it right. >> well done looking up the word secret to find out the definition. >> maybe i didn't know what it meant. >> well okay then. >> you said the problem is the potential security breech. i agree. you said we give politicians like bill clin